Ketones

So, I was casually flicking through the “New Scientist” this morning, when one word in amongst a small column, (entitled “Dieting’s benefits, minus the starving”), caught my eye. This word was one which was fresh in my mind after having learnt about it the day before in a chemistry lesson. This word was “Ketone“. Now, …

Locust Dissection…the story of the miracle locust…

Ok, first thing’s first- I am not a squeamish person. At all. Not in the slightest. So in biology yesterday when we were told we were about to do a locust dissection (to investigate insect gas exchange systems). I was beaming and jumping for joy (not even exaggerating…). That was until they brought out the …